| Party leaders clash over Obama as election nears Posted: 02 Nov 2014 09:27 AM PST  He is not on the ballot, but President Barack Obama was the focus in a final-weekend clash between candidates and party leaders as an increasingly confident Republican Party eyes control of Congress two days before Election Day.
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| After Maine fire, questions about victims, cause Posted: 02 Nov 2014 09:12 AM PST  After an intense blaze tore through an apartment house near the University of Maine, killing five people and critically injuring another, investigators were back at the scene Sunday hunting for clues to the cause of the state's deadliest fire in three decades.
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| Suspected suicide bomber kills dozens on Pakistani-Indian border Posted: 02 Nov 2014 09:20 AM PST  At least 45 people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up on the Pakistani-Indian border, police said, just after a daily ceremony when troops from both sides simultaneously lower the two nations' flags. Hundreds of people visit the Wagah border crossing near the Pakistani city of Lahore to witness the flags of both countries being lowered just before sunset. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which took place on the Pakistani side of the border. ...
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| Islamic State group kills 50 Iraqis Posted: 02 Nov 2014 09:29 AM PST  Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 Iraqi tribesmen, women and children Sunday, officials said, the latest mass slaying by militants who have killed some 150 members of the tribe in recent days.
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| Gunfire rings out at state TV station in Burkina Faso Posted: 02 Nov 2014 08:24 AM PST  Gunfire broke out on Sunday at the headquarters of state-run RTB Television in Burkina Faso's capital, a Reuters witness said, amid a power struggle in the wake of the resignation of the country's long-standing President Blaise Compaore. The shots were fired shortly after the arrival of Sara Sereme, the head of opposition party PDC, and about 100 of her supporters. (Reporting by Nadoun Coulibaly and Joe Penney; Writing by Emma Farge; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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| Obama says wealthy don't need another champion Posted: 01 Nov 2014 04:52 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Yelling out a populist theme until his voice turned hoarse, President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Michigan voters in the midterm campaign's final weekend to cast ballots for Democrats who support a higher minimum wage.
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| 2 sought in LA-area Halloween crash that killed 3 Posted: 02 Nov 2014 05:13 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police are looking for two people who abandoned their SUV after the vehicle fatally struck three teenage girls who were trick-or-treating in the Los Angeles area. |
| Branson determined to find cause of Virgin spaceship crash, pilots identified Posted: 01 Nov 2014 09:51 PM PDT  By Daina Beth Solomon and Irene Klotz MOJAVE Calif./CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson vowed on Saturday to find out what caused his space tourism company's passenger spaceship to crash during a test flight in California, killing one pilot and injuring the other, but expressed a desire to press on with the dream of commercial space flight. U.S. ...
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| Kenyans Kipsang, Keitany win tight NYC Marathon races Posted: 02 Nov 2014 10:09 AM PST  By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wilson Kipsang won a lucrative duel to the finish to join compatriot Mary Keitany in a Kenyan sweep of exciting men's and women's races at a cold, windy New York City Marathon on Sunday. Kipsang, the London Marathon champion running the New York race for the first time, ran shoulder to shoulder with Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia over the last two miles. In the last half mile in Central Park, Desisa snuck ahead of Kipsang, who turned on a final burst to claim a victory in the 26.2-mile (42.2-km) race that was worth $600,000 to the Kenyan. ...
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| To salvage his presidency, Obama faces pressure to reboot - but will he? Posted: 02 Nov 2014 10:32 AM PST  By Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A reshuffling of President Barack Obama's staff looks all but certain after Tuesday's congressional elections, which are likely to bring humbling losses to his Democratic party and could add to pressure on him to reboot his presidency. Forecasters say that Republicans, who have made Obama's unpopularity a top issue in the elections, are in a strong position to capture the six seats they need to take over the Senate from Democrats. They are also expected to expand their majority in the House of Representatives. ...
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| Virgin Galactic founder: 'We fell short' Posted: 01 Nov 2014 09:23 PM PDT  Richard Branson vows to find out what caused the crash of his space tourism rocket.
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| 5 dead, 1 critically injured in Maine house fire Posted: 01 Nov 2014 06:23 PM PDT  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fire swept through an apartment house near the University of Southern Maine's quiet commuter campus Saturday, killing five people and critically injuring one, authorities said. It was unclear if any of the victims were students.
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| Gas under $3 for 1st time in 4 years Posted: 01 Nov 2014 09:38 AM PDT  The sight is so surprising that Americans are sharing photos of it, along with all those cute Halloween costumes, sweeping vistas and special meals: The gas station sign, with a price of $2-something a ...
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| Funeral held for soldier killed in Quebec car attack Posted: 01 Nov 2014 11:38 AM PDT  Mourners including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid respects in Quebec on Saturday at the second of two funerals for soldiers killed in attacks police said were carried out independently by radical recent converts to Islam. Patrice Vincent, a 53-year-old warrant officer, died on Oct. 20 near Montreal when a man ran over him and a fellow soldier with a car. The driver was later shot and killed by police. Vincent's funeral on Saturday in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, just across the St. ...
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